1 February 2019
Friday fold: Two spectacular folds from Oman
Posted by Callan Bentley
A Friday fold twofer: both from the sultanate of Oman, and both by Chuck Bailey of the College of William & Mary:
Chuck and W&M music professor Anne Rasmussen co-lead a field course in Oman called “Rock Music” – featuring explorations in their respective disciplines. These images are from the most recent iteration of that course, earlier this month:
Fortunately for the rest of us, Chuck Bailey blogs! We can read in more detail about Anne & Chuck’s peregrinations here:
Rock Music Oman – The 2019 Edition Begins
Finding Ourselves in the Sharqiya Sands, Oman
Rock Music Oman 2019: A Symposium and Celebration
Enjoy the armchair adventure, and happy Friday to you!
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.